Book Review - Fierce Conversations

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It’s often difficult to have tough conversations with people, especially those we care deeply about. Susan Scott wrote Fierce Conversations, (The Penguin Group, 2002) about how to do just that—have a difficult or fierce conversation.  Scott maintains that “the conversation is the relationship.”  And, throughout the book, she makes this point—fiercely.  Unfortunately, most of us have very surface-like conversations in our lives and never get down to the stuff that matters with the people who matter to us. Fierce Conversations teaches people how to have conversations they need to have, but don’t necessarily want to have. In the end, every conversation changes the relationship either for better or worse. And as tough as fierce conversations are to have, they build the relationship by surfacing important issues—the earlier the better.

More leadership book reviews by Steve Gladis can be found at http://www.survivalleadership.blogspot.com/

Book Review - Fierce Conversations Steve Gladis 2012-04-19

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  Steve Gladis

  Steve Gladis serves as president and CEO of Steve Gladis Leadership Partners, a leadership development firm focused on helping leaders achieve both success and significance through executive coaching, training and development, and motivational speaking. At George Mason University, he teaches a Leadership Communication series to first-line and mid-level leaders.

  Author of 15 books on leadership and communication, Steve is a former member of the University of Virginia’s faculty and served as an Associate Dean and the Director of the University’s Northern Virginia Center. He is currently an executive coach for the Darden Business School’s Executive MBA program. Dr. Gladis has his doctorate in education and is a certified coach with the International Coach Federation.

  A former FBI special agent and US Marine Corps officer, he is also a committed civic and academic leader. Steve serves on the Executive Boards of both the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and The Community Foundation of Northern Virginia and is active in philanthropic activities in the Greater Metropolitan Washington, DC area. His company donates 25% of its annual net profits back to the community.

  Steve writes a leadership blog: Survival Leadership.

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  E-mail: sgladis@stevegladis.com │Telephone: 703.424.3780 │Location: The George Mason Enterprise Center: 4031 University Dr. Fairfax, VA 22030.